CA2164897C - Method and apparatus for channel spinning off a channel - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for channel spinning off a channel

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CA2164897C
CA2164897C CA002164897A CA2164897A CA2164897C CA 2164897 C CA2164897 C CA 2164897C CA 002164897 A CA002164897 A CA 002164897A CA 2164897 A CA2164897 A CA 2164897A CA 2164897 C CA2164897 C CA 2164897C
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channel
temporary channel
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subscriber stations
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CA002164897A
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CA2164897A1 (en
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John Thomas Carey
Barbara Anne Taylor
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AT&T Corp
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AT&T IPM Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • H04N21/25891—Management of end-user data being end-user preferences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • H04N21/8586—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot by using a URL
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
CA002164897A 1994-12-27 1995-12-11 Method and apparatus for channel spinning off a channel Expired - Fee Related CA2164897C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US364,628 1994-12-27
US08/364,628 US5539451A (en) 1994-12-27 1994-12-27 Method and apparatus for channel spinning off a channel

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CA2164897A1 CA2164897A1 (en) 1996-06-28
CA2164897C true CA2164897C (en) 1999-12-28

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US (1) US5539451A (ja)
EP (2) EP0720368B1 (ja)
JP (1) JP3034791B2 (ja)
CA (1) CA2164897C (ja)
DE (2) DE69515283T2 (ja)
TW (1) TW306114B (ja)

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TW306114B (ja) 1997-05-21
DE69515283D1 (de) 2000-04-06
EP0930784B1 (en) 2001-06-13
JP3034791B2 (ja) 2000-04-17
DE69521348T2 (de) 2002-04-18
US5539451A (en) 1996-07-23
EP0720368A1 (en) 1996-07-03
JPH08242439A (ja) 1996-09-17
CA2164897A1 (en) 1996-06-28
EP0720368B1 (en) 2000-03-01
DE69515283T2 (de) 2000-10-05
EP0930784A1 (en) 1999-07-21
DE69521348D1 (de) 2001-07-19

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